Showing posts with label Ask A Scientist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ask A Scientist. Show all posts
Monday, October 07, 2013

Ask A Scientist: Ear Surgery (Tympanoplasty and Ossiculoplasty) Risk Vs. Benefit

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A friend asks: "I have some progressive hearing loss, likely due to a hole in the upper part of one my tympanic membrane, along with sc...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Ask A Scientist: Lab Politics Are Eating My PhD Project

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Unearthed from the vault.  Apparently I wrote, but never published, this one! *****  Reader T. asks: 'My jerk of a boss wants to...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

Ask A Scientist: Hair Loss (Alopecia Areata)

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By request, I present a brief review of alopecia areata, also known as AAAAAGH!!!! My hair is falling out for no reason!! . First, let me pr...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Ask A Scientist: Genetic Testing For Rare Diseases

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A (Jewish, Ashkenazi) friend recently asked, 'Should I have genetic testing for the Ashkenazi-Jew genetic syndromes?' My advice to p...
Monday, March 03, 2008

Ask a Scientist: What's the deal with plastic baby bottles?

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A kind reader asks: "Have you heard anything about plastic baby bottles being bad for baby?" The main concern with plastic baby bo...
Saturday, January 05, 2008

On Cloning (But Not Sheep)

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Agarose gel of PCR products (DNA fragments). Lanes: 1, ladder; 2-5, pieces-o-gene. Since this is supposed to be a blog about science... Whe...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Don't Believe People Who Profit From Lying (Or: Are Oats That Great?)

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Ever eat that round cereal with a hole in the middle? Made of oats? They've started trumpeting a 1998 study entitled "Cholesterol...
Monday, August 06, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Folate and Neuroblastoma

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Aurelia asked rather a while ago (sorry, Aurelia!) if I'd supply a short review of folic acid and neuroblastoma incidence. Well, I...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Ask A Scientist: Male-Mediated Teratogenesis (and Bupropion)

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A correspondent asks: "What are the risks and possible side effects of long-term usage of bupropion in terms of sperm genetic abnormali...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Listeria and Pregnancy

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I know these are overwhelmingly about pregnancy. This is because my pregnant friends and acquaintances (now great, mighty and numerous) and ...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Metformin and PCOS and Pregnancy

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What's PCOS? Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by, among other things, a lack of normal menstrual cycles, lack of ovulation, a...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Antidepressants and Pregnancy (6)

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Series: Antidepressants, Pregnancy, Risks Introduction Spontaneous abortion Premature birth Congenital or teratogenic defects; th...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Ask a Scientist: How Does Kool-Aid Clean Brass?/ Also, Randomness

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I know I promised (the one person still reading) the last part of ADs and pregnancy today, but... um, I haven't written it yet. I was im...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Antidepressants and Pregnancy (5)

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Series: Antidepressants, Pregnancy, Risks Introduction Spontaneous abortion Premature birth Congenital or teratogenic defects; that ...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Antidepressants and Pregnancy (4)

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Series: Antidepressants, Pregnancy, Risks Introduction Spontaneous abortion Premature birth Congenital or teratogenic defects; that i...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Ask a Scientist: Antidepressants and Pregnancy (3)

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Series: Antidepressants, Pregnancy, Risks Introduction Spontaneous abortion Premature birth Congenital or teratogenic defects; that i...